June 15, 2002
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at Omaha, NE
2002 College World Series
June 15, 2002 - Game 3
No. 8 Stanford 4, Notre Dame 3
Stanford wins for the seventh time in its last nine College World Series games dating back to 2000 Stanford remains undefeated in 2002 postseason action with a 6-0 record, one victory shy of the team's best ever postseason start in 1999 when the Cardinal won its first seven postseason games before being defeated twice in a row by Florida State at the CWS to finish in a third-place tie Stanford wins its fifth straight CWS opener (1997, '99, 2000, '01, '02) Stanford extends its string of winning at least one CWS game to 14 consecutive appearances as the Cardinal has never appeared in a CWS without winning at least one game Stanford extends its season-high win streak to 10 straight games, the longest win streak since the Cardinal also won 10 straight last year (3/7 - 3/31/01) Stanford improved its all-time CWS record to 32-22 (.593) and its all-time postseason record to 102-49 (.675) Jeremy Guthrie improves to 13-1 (.929) with a 2.38 ERA this season, ranking fourth on the school's single-season won-loss percentage list and tied for seventh on Stanford's single-season victory list Jeremy Guthrie improves to 6-0 all-time with a 2.47 ERA in career postseason action Jeremy Guthrie improves to 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in postseason action this season Jeremy Guthrie wins his seventh consecutive start Jeremy Guthrie wins for the 18th time in his last 19 decisions Jeremy Guthrie throws his sixth complete game in his last eight starts Jeremy Guthrie has now thrown at least 6.0 innings in all 19 of his starts this season Jeremy Guthrie improves to 26-5 (.839) all-time at Stanford, ranking eighth on the school's all-time won-loss percentage list and tied for eighth all-time in victories Jeremy Guthrie increases his season innings pitched total to 151.1, ranking third on Stanford's single-season list Jeremy Guthrie increases his season strikeout total to 130, ranking 8th on Stanford's single-season list Stanford's regular starting pitching staff of Jeremy Guthrie (13-1), Tim Cunningham (10-2) and John Hudgins (9-1) Ryan Garko finished 2-for-4 and is now 9-for-16 in five career CWS games Sam Fuld breaks out of a 1-for-22 (.045) with his first career postseason homer, a solo shot over the right field wall in the sixth inning Jason Cooper picked up his first career CWS hit with a two-RBI single in the first inning after going 0-for-7 at the 2001 CWS Chris O'Riordan extends his consecutive games started streak to 173 Chris Carter picks up his first career CWS hit with a triple in the fourth inning Carlos Quentin was hit by a pitch for the 18th time this season in the fifth inning, one shy of Stanford's single-season school record